Pool 4 Piggies

I was looking for a walleye guide on Pool 4 and came across this video.

I think swimming footballs are cool to watch!

Very nice video Marty!

where exactly was it filmed and when. I got a belly that could use a couple of those babies to fill it up!!

Marty told me below the dam on pool 4 in the middle of this past winter. Cool is’nt it !!!

Looks like a lot of fun. Where was that video taken exactly?

Very cool. I think I recognize several of the rocks I’ve been hung up on.

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Where was that video taken exactly?

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In the water?

Brian,
Thanks, I got the idea from a catfish guy over there at Everts.

Glenn is right on. Early Feb. of this past winter. Not too far below the dam in pool 4. Just another area that will never look the same after the renovation project. Oh well, that’s progress.

How’s it going Marty? Good to see you on here! I love watching the videos and it really shows how great a fishery we have.

Doing good Rich.

Yes, if you’re ever in doubt about the walleye population in pool 4 just drop a camera down in the winter. That cool water is just around the corner.

No Kidding!

I remember a few years back the fall bite just died. The river rats couldn’t get a limit all day. Someone said “well when everyone keeps taking there’s going to be less fish to be had”.

A year or two later and the same thing happened. Dropped a camera and realize there are 1000’s of fish down there. They just aren’t bitting. It was a good time to see where they like to hide…for when they get hungry.

I just want to know one thing Marty, how do you run the video camera…watch the camera screen and operate the camera….AND get a ringworm down there???

Very observant BK. Actually I had that line tied to my foot.

I had the same question.

unreal thats the best video ive seen!! Great job. What kind of camera was that aquaview? I have the scout and it sucks unless your in a icehouse with the windows shut. I ice fished calshans below the RR bridge last year with minimal sucess but we droped the camera too. No big fish to speak of but we must have seen 500 small sauger swimming around. also a ton of shad. FYI ice conditions are less that ideal there all winter even after really cold weather, use extreme caution if planning on heading out there. I use a pick when I walk and I still watched my lab fall through last year. She has an amazing ability to find thin ice but always manages to get out.

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unreal thats the best video ive seen!! What kind of camera was that aquaview?

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That was recorded with a Marcum camera…either an 820 or an 825. Best underwater cameras on the market!

Sounds like I need to invest in a marcum. Ive looked at them in the past. I really like the one that you can rotate the camera with out using the cord. The price was what always steered me the other direction. Do they have not have a CRT monitor? The sun really screws CRT up. Has anyone tried using side imaging on a ice pack? or does HB make a ice tranducer capable?

Jason is right on the money. Marcum 820. I have been very happy with this rig.

By the way Jason, Congrats to you and your wife on the new arrival!!!

Hey, I recognize that spot

Cool footage Marty How come I did not get to drive the boat and fish when you were on that spot . Maybe next winter

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The price was what always steered me the other direction.

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I’m not sure what they are selling for this year. But I do know if you want to use a camera at night or in depths where sunlight doesn’t penetrate this is the only camera on the market that’s usable. Others just don’t match the “darkwater” technology.

The 820 and color 825c only have two very small but VERY bright LED’s and set so that the user can actually see something in the darkness were with other models or brands, you get to see a snow storm.

Ask any camera user. When it gets dark the cameras get put away…but when the 820 and 825c really shine!

The power of these cameras and the clarity of pictures taken under all light conditions is incredibly compelling, both in open water and under the ice.

If you haven’t seen it in a while, take another look at the footage I shot last January while ice fishing through 2+ feet of ice and 18″ of snow. It’s pretty dark under those conditions, even in the middle of the day, yet the 825c produced some fantastic images of marauding bass and pike:

Marcum 825C ice fishing footage